Posting your location, plans, romantic situation , even thoughts and opinions on social networks is a common practice. However, overexposing information can have big risks .

“The information that we do not configure privately automatically becomes public. The misuse of this information can lead to different types of crimes (…) harassing a person through digital media, identity theft… for example, there is also extortion.”

Daniel Silva, Cyber ​​Police officer of the SSC CDMX.

What is “oversharing” and why is it a risk?

Sharing too much information on social networks has a name: “Oversharing”

The term has become popular with the exposure of the private lives of all those public figures.

“This came out a lot from marketing, so marketing or having followers or generating publicity; good or bad is publicity.”

Óscar Ramírez, commercial director of Centro Telecom.

Being a victim of cybercrime is the main risk, but oversharing can also affect reputation and even people’s academic and work lives .

Minors can be victims of “oversharing”

On the other hand, minors are the most exposed , for this reason it is necessary for guardians to implement security measures .

“Parental controls are in many places, you even find a streaming platform with parental controls; teach them how to detect if a site is not safe (…) that is key and not to invade their privacy, but at the end of the day you are responsible for what they are consuming.”

Jair Snow, Security architect

Cybersecurity experts recommend configuring the privacy options of the different social networks used, and before publishing a photo , video or opinion, think about the possible repercussions it will have.